QUEEN OF THE PARTY

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Label
SAVANT
Release Date
July 17, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      REID, IRENE
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 17, 2012
    • UPC
      633842212524
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SAVT422125.2
    • LABEL
      SAVANT
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Million Dollar Secret

      Composer: Helen Humes

      Performer: Irene Reid, Eric Alexander, James Rotondi, Bob DeVos, Charles Earland, Greg Rockingham

    2. I'm Getting Tired

      Composer: A. Miller

      Performer: Irene Reid, Eric Alexander, James Rotondi, Randy Johnston, Bobby Forrester, Joe Farnsworth

    3. If I Never Get To Heaven

      Composer: Juanita Hill, Dinah Washington

      Performer: Irene Reid, Michael Kam, Eric Alexander, James Rotondi, Bill Michael Boris, Charles Earland, Greg Rockingham

    4. I'm Walkin'

      Composer: Fats Domino

      Performer: Irene Reid, Michael Kam, Eric Alexander, James Rotondi, Bill Michael Boris, Charles Earland, Greg Rockingham

    5. Aiming at Nothing

      Composer: Jesse Hameen

      Performer: Irene Reid, Rodney Jones, Bobby Forrester, Tariq Shah, Jesse Hameen

    6. Once There Lived a Fool

      Composer: Jessie Mae Robinson

      Performer: Irene Reid, Eric Alexander, James Rotondi, Bob DeVos, Charles Earland, Greg Rockingham

    7. Long John Blues

      Composer: Dinah Washington

      Performer: Irene Reid, Michael Kam, Eric Alexander, James Rotondi, Bill Michael Boris, Charles Earland, Greg Rockingham

    8. One Eyed Man

      Composer: Irene Reid

      Performer: Irene Reid, Eric Alexander, James Rotondi, Bob DeVos, Charles Earland, Greg Rockingham

    9. I Took the Backdoor Out

      Composer: J.M. Robinson

      Performer: Irene Reid, Eric Alexander, James Rotondi, Randy Johnston, Bobby Forrester, Joe Farnsworth

    10. I Ain't Doing Too Bad

      Composer: Don D. Robey

      Performer: Irene Reid, Eric Alexander, James Rotondi, Bob DeVos, Charles Earland, Greg Rockingham

    11. I'll Take You Back

      Composer: W. Jackson

      Performer: Irene Reid, Michael Kam, Eric Alexander, James Rotondi, Bill Michael Boris, Charles Earland, Greg Rockingham

    12. Big Fat Daddy

      Composer: Irene Reid

      Performer: Irene Reid, Eric Alexander, James Rotondi, Bob DeVos, Charles Earland, Greg Rockingham


From her days singing with the Count Basie band as a replacement for Joe Williams, to her Indian summer of renewed popularity, Irene Reid always lived up to her moniker, the Queen of Uptown Blues. Like Dinah Washington & Esther Phillips, Irene had a church background and never lost that divine intensity or power to convey the emotions in a lyric. Her most notable post-Basie gig was playing the wicked witch on Broadway in "The Whiz." Here is a program featuring Irene, the Charles "Mighty Burner" Earland, Eric Alexander and the rest of the crew doing what Irene did best: The Uptown Blues.